Numbers 15:36:6Num.15.36.W6TAB
וַיִּרְגְּמ֥וּ
vayirgemu
“and they stoned”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-ge-MU
- Extended
- vah-yeer-geh-MU
- IPA
- /vajjirɡəˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they stoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-ge-MU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-ge-MU o-TO
- clause
va-yo-TSI-u o-TO kol-ha-e-DA el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH va-yir-ge-MU o-TO ba-a-va-NIM va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-yo-TSI-u o-TO kol-ha-e-DA el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH va-yir-ge-MU o-TO ba-a-va-NIM va-ya-MOT ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The Qal vav-consecutive vayirgemu {וַיִּרְגְּמוּ | wayyirgəmû} “and they stoned” with baavaním {בָּאֲבָנִ֖ים | bāʾăvānîm} “with stones” indicates the means.
In context — Numbers 15:36
And all the assembly brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:36, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְגְּמ֥וּ (vayirgemu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.15.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.36.W6.S1) and character.